Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Estonia

Net migration in Estonia in 2025 — -13,350 people. Ranked 161 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 272%.

2025 -13,350 people −72.44% vs 2024
World rank 161of 217
Period maximum 39,754 people2022
Period minimum -38,391 people1992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Estonia, 1960–2025-40,000-20,000020,00040,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7,762 people1962: 8,248 people1964: 8,734 people1966: 8,998 people1968: 9,403 people1970: 6,158 people1972: 6,432 people1974: 6,594 people1976: 6,942 people1978: 7,234 people1980: 4,619 people1982: 4,832 people1984: 5,006 people1986: 5,260 people1988: 5,256 people1990: -2,660 people1992: -38,391 people1994: -17,984 people1996: -10,540 people1998: -3,296 people2000: -3,083 people2002: -2,889 people2004: -3,681 people2006: -5,351 people2008: -2,034 people2010: -3,781 people2012: -3,674 people2014: -674 people2016: 1,081 people2018: 7,089 people2020: 3,694 people2022: 39,754 people2024: -7,742 people2025: -13,350 people
Change over the period: −21,112 (−271.99%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Estonia

Estonia -13,350 people
World 0 people
Europe & Central Asia 1.18M people
Northern Europe computed 500,927 people
High-income countries computed 2.41M people
Net migration — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -13,350 −5,608 −72.44%
2024 -7,742 −13,459 −235.42%
2023 5,717 −34,037 −85.62%
2022 39,754 +32,711 +464.45%
2021 7,043 +3,349 +90.66%
2020 3,694 −1,692 −31.41%
2019 5,386 −1,703 −24.02%
2018 7,089 +1,887 +36.27%
2017 5,202 +4,121 +381.22%
2016 1,081 −3,180 −74.63%
2015 4,261 +4,935 +732.2%
2014 -674 +2,014 +74.93%
2013 -2,688 +986 +26.84%
2012 -3,674 +267 +6.77%
2011 -3,941 −160 −4.23%
2010 -3,781 −1,692 −81%
2009 -2,089 −55 −2.7%
2008 -2,034 +907 +30.84%
2007 -2,941 +2,410 +45.04%
2006 -5,351 −143 −2.75%
2005 -5,208 −1,527 −41.48%
2004 -3,681 +24 +0.65%
2003 -3,705 −816 −28.25%
2002 -2,889 +391 +11.92%
2001 -3,280 −197 −6.39%
2000 -3,083 −4,502 −317.27%
1999 1,419 +4,715 +143.05%
1998 -3,296 +770 +18.94%
1997 -4,066 +6,474 +61.42%
1996 -10,540 +2,115 +16.71%
1995 -12,655 +5,329 +29.63%
1994 -17,984 +7,517 +29.48%
1993 -25,501 +12,890 +33.58%
1992 -38,391 −28,679 −295.29%
1991 -9,712 −7,052 −265.11%
1990 -2,660 −2,292 −622.83%
1989 -368 −5,624 −107%
1988 5,256 −133 −2.47%
1987 5,389 +129 +2.45%
1986 5,260 +163 +3.2%
1985 5,097 +91 +1.82%
1984 5,006 +20 +0.4%
1983 4,986 +154 +3.19%
1982 4,832 +43 +0.9%
1981 4,789 +170 +3.68%
1980 4,619 +98 +2.17%
1979 4,521 −2,713 −37.5%
1978 7,234 +45 +0.63%
1977 7,189 +247 +3.56%
1976 6,942 +205 +3.04%
1975 6,737 +143 +2.17%
1974 6,594 +106 +1.63%
1973 6,488 +56 +0.87%
1972 6,432 +40 +0.63%
1971 6,392 +234 +3.8%
1970 6,158 −2,492 −28.81%
1969 8,650 −753 −8.01%
1968 9,403 +288 +3.16%
1967 9,115 +117 +1.3%
1966 8,998 +147 +1.66%
1965 8,851 +117 +1.34%
1964 8,734 +324 +3.85%
1963 8,410 +162 +1.96%
1962 8,248 +257 +3.22%
1961 7,991 +229 +2.95%
1960 7,762

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.